Everything you Need to Know About Camera Flash

Flash is a useful source of artificial light in photography. In early days of photography, when there was no electricity the photographers used powdered magnesium, which they used to burn to produce a ‘flash of light’!

Unless you’re a professional photographer, the chances are good that the camera you’re using –… read more

Limbo: An Artful Puzzle Adventure

There are few game categories that I enjoy exploring and playing more than indie games. There’s something about supporting indie games and their developers that feels like I’m “doing my part.” It’s sort of like the “buying local” of video gaming. But there’s also the feeling of awe and excitement… read more

Best practices for creating government websites

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Top Valentine’s Day Graphic Design Tutorials

Valentine’s Day is around the corner and designers are eager to try out their creative skills. With the holiday comes a time of bright colors, attractive graphics and shimmering effects which can make for some romantic manipulations. We have collected some very useful tutorials, which will help you use Photoshop… read more

We have two copies of Google Plus First Look (paperback book) to giveaway – Leave a comment to enter

We have another fantastic book giveaway for you this week. Packt have given us two copies of the paperback book Google Plus First Look, written by Ralph Roberts, to giveaway to two lucky readers. All you have to do for a chance of winning one of these books… read more

Little Snitch vs. Hands Off: Which Monitoring Utility is Better?

We live in a world where protecting our privacy isn’t just a matter of principle. Letting your personal information get exposed can harm you financially if your credit card information is obtained, and your credit rating can be damaged if someone steals your identity. Your emails and chat messages can… read more

Tesla Motors Unveils Model X Electric Minivan/SUV [PICS]

Tesla Motors has introduced the Model X, its third electric car, and like its brandmates, this one is an all-electric vehicle.

Built on the same chassis as the four-door Model S, the Model X is a hybrid — a cross between an SUV and minivan — and it has… read more

40 Hilarious Computer Interfaces Used in Movies

40 Hilarious Computer Interfaces Used in Movies

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Dad Shoots Daughter’s Laptop Over Facebook Post [VIDEO]

The disgruntled teenage daughter of a tech-savvy, gun-toting father just got a very public lesson in respecting one’s elders.

“That right there is your laptop,” the father, named Tommy Jordan, says in a YouTube video while pointing a video camera at a computer on laying in a patch of… read more

Online Dating: 7 Fun New Sites for Finding Your Match

The latest wave of online dating sites forgoes mysterious equations in favor of straightforward, sometimes unexpected, matching techniques.

Whereas Match.com, eHarmony and OkCupid promise to calculate your ideal mate based on your actions and stated preferences, these new sites use some interesting new criteria such as common friends, activities, alma mater… read more

Longform iPad App Makes Web Content Readable [HANDS ON]

Most people who start this article won’t make it to the end — at least not in a way that they could pass a comprehension test.

Studies have shown that the mere presence of a links in online text and the practice of jumping between digital documents impede understanding. Others have… read more

Meet the Developers: A Fascinating Discussion with Mike Lee, Mayor of Appsterdam

You don’t have to go far to see work from Mike Lee, in fact there’s a decent chance you’ve got some of his work already on your devices. Mike (or as he likes to call himself, ‘the world’s toughest programmer’) has been involved with the development of Delicious Library, the… read more

Twitter: Now You Can Tweet By Satellite

Twitter has announced a new partnership with major satellite providers to give their subscribers access to Twitter SMS, the original text-based Twitter service.

According to a statement released Thursday, the company has partnered with Iridium and Thuraya, the world’s two largest satellite providers, to increase the number of people that can… read more

Valentine’s Twitter Campaign: Your Tweets Read by ‘Golden Voice of Love’

Ted Williams, the former homeless man with the golden voice who hit YouTube fame in early 2011, is back for a Twitter-based Valentine’s Day campaign for Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.

From Feb. 12 to 14, Williams will shoot up to 100 videos for the brand’s “Golden Voice of Love” campaign. The… read more

Winter on the Beach: 26 Chilling Photographs

While we often associate photographs of the beach of sun and fun, we often forget that winter throws up some amazing opportunities for landscapes and coastal landscapes. As you can see from the wonderful winter beach photographs below, just because it’s snowing doesn’t mean you should forget about the beach… read more

How to Structure Your Startup to Avoid Double Taxation

Creating a legal entity for your startup will establish much-needed separation between you and your business. Shielding your personal assets is the first and foremost reason to think about incorporating.

But let’s face it. When it comes down to choosing a business structure, small business owners are typically concerned about… read more

Hipsters From 2062 Slam Social Media [VIDEO]

Think about how you’ll describe social media to friends and family in 50 years. Now, watch this “Future Hipsters” video in which badass elderly folks show us how silly all things social media really could sound.

“You could get away with anything in those days,” one dude says. “I built an… read more

17 Most-Popular Photos From Flickr Commons

Female Aircraft Worker

“Woman aircraft worker, Vega Aircraft Corporation, Burbank, Calif. Shown checking electrical assemblies.”

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How Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson Lays the Smackdown on Social Media

“Can you smelllllll….What the The Rock! Is cooking?!?”

That became a ubiquitous catchphrase when Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was a Worldwide Wrestling Federation megastar around the turn of the millennium. Unlike most wrestling-ring bruisers, however, Johnson has done a lot more than just “lay the smack down” on hapless “jabronis,”… read more

Type This Into Google for a Valentine’s Day Surprise

Romantic math geeks, your moment has arrived. In the spirit of Valentine’s Day, go ahead and type (or paste) this into Google search:

sqrt(cos(x))*cos(300x)+sqrt(abs(x))-0.7)*(4-x*x)^0.01, sqrt(6-x^2), -sqrt(6-x^2) from -4.5 to 4.5

Twitter user @Huckberry tipped us off to the fact that typing in the algebraic equation plots several different functions on a… read more

Microsoft: You’ll Never Turn Off Devices Running Windows on ARM

Microsoft described in detail Thursday exactly how Windows will work on ARM devices. The new strain of Windows, retooled from the ground up for low-power devices like tablets, will be identical to the regular desktop version in many ways, and Microsoft says it’ll ship some test units to developers by… read more

Easily Create a Facebook Store with Tabjuice

Have you ever wanted to sell stuff directly from your Facebook page? While most businesses would still think a traditional website was an absolute necessity, plenty of advertisements today seem to want people to go to their Facebook fan page more than anything else. And no wonder. So many people… read more

When Should You Go All-In on Your Startup? [VIDEO]

From bootstrapping his company, to raising a seed round last year, to his company’s recent $8 million A round, Neil Capel exemplifies the grit and hustle typical in successful entrepreneurs. Capel founded Sailthru, an enterprise software-as-a-service company that uses clickstream data to individually tailor marketing emails to each user,… read more

FarmVille Toys Are Coming: Zynga and Hasbro Sign Licensing Deal

If Angry Birds and Cut the Rope can have toys, why can’t FarmVille?

Social gaming juggernaut Zynga is teaming up with toy maker Hasbro to create a “wide range of toys and gaming experiences” based on Zynga properties and brands, a release read.

The first products are expected to hit the market… read more

Apple Hit With 250,000 Signatures Protesting Labor Conditions in China

Fair-labor organizers delivered 250,000 signatures to Apple stores in six cities around the world on Thursday in protest of the company’s working conditions in China.

Apple’s main factory, Foxconn, has faced numerous accusations of providing an inhumane work environment to Chinese workers.

“It’s hard to hear tales of people jumping… read more

Live LOLz: Cheezburger Plans Grammy Awards Memes in Real Time

I Can Has Cheezburger plans to turn the 54th Grammy Awards into a laughing matter by giving viewers an outlet to write funny captions for red carpet and ceremony photos.

The “Live LOLing” event starts Sunday at 4 p.m. PT when Cheezburger’s ROFLrazzi site, Twitter profile and Facebook page will… read more

Popularity of an Article Can Be Predicted Before It’s Tweeted [VIDEO]

HP Labs says it’s possible to know if your tweet will be a dud before you type the 140 characters.

Researchers have developed a formula that predicts the number of times a news “article will be tweeted with surprising accuracy.” The researchers predicted tweet popularity with 84% accuracy based on… read more

Using JavaScript’s Prototype with MVC

In this article, we will review the process of using JavaScript, from an MVC-based perspective, to manipulate the DOM. More specifically, we’ll engineer our JavaScript objects, their properties and methods, and their instantiations parallel to the intended behavior of our Views (what the user sees). Consider Your Views As Objects,… read more

Yahoo’s New Visualization Beautifully Shows What’s Happening on the Web

Yahoo has launched a new webpage that visualizes what’s happening on the web in near real time — and it’s totally beautiful.

The Content Optimization Relevance Engine (C.O.R.E.) HTML5 site hopes to show users the “behind the scenes” process Yahoo uses to match readers with content on their personalized homepage,… read more

70 Excellent Adobe Illustrator Tutorials

It has been almost eight months since my last post on Illustrator tutorials titled: Illustrator CS5 Tutorials: 70 Wicked Tips. Since then I have been scouring the web in search of fresh new Adobe Illustrator tutorials for you to try out. I am confident that these 70 excellent Illustrator Tutorials… read more

WikiLeaks Suspect Bradley Manning to Be Arraigned Feb. 23

U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, accused of leaking hundreds of thousands of diplomatic cables and war reports to WikiLeaks, will be arraigned before a military judge at Fort Meade, Maryland on Feb. 23, the Pentagon announced Thursday.

Some of the 22 charges against Manning include aiding the enemy, disclosing classified information… read more

5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics

Ann Smarty is a search marketer and full-time web entrepreneur. Ann blogs on search and social media tools. Her newest project, My Blog Guest, is a free platform for guest bloggers and blog owners. Follow Ann on Twitter @seosmarty.

Social media analytics and tracking can be very time-consuming and expensive. You’ll… read more

20 Free Swirls Photoshop Brushes

20 Free Swirls Photoshop Brushes

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U.S. Wants You to Test Terrorist Tracking With Social Media Game [VIDEO]

The U.S. government wants to more aggressively track terrorists on social media — and it’s asking for your help.

The U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Embassy in Prague are sponsoring a social media gaming contest to test ways social media and open source data can be used to… read more

30 Spectacular Examples Of Long Exposure Photography

30 Spectacular Examples Of Long Exposure Photography

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Outstanding Neon Illustrations by Digimental Studio

One of the biggest influences around Abduzeedo’s look is the good old shiny neon. We love it, and it’s great to see illustrations with it, like these, made by Digimental Studio. Pretty sweet, I’d say.

Digimental Studio is located in London, and they definitely love their neon. These are absolutely awesome,… read more

Fun and Creative Bookmark Designs

Fairy Tale Bookclip by i3Lab.

Liquid Bookmark by Kyouei Design

Jacket+Bookmark by Icoeye

Wicked Witch Bookmarks by Woodland Honey

Leaf-it Bookmark Post-its by Sangwoo Nam – Appree

Favbook by Ilshat Garipov

ABRACADABRA bookmark by Jung-Hyun Lee, Won-Sik Chae & Rhea Jeong

Pointing Finger

Animal Bookmark

The Bedside Bookmark Abode

Magnetic Photo Bookmark by Photojojo

Pagecues by London Design Studio

Haptic Penna by… read more

Wolfram|Alpha Pro – Crunching Your Data, and the World’s

The world around us is filled with data. We live in the information age, and often, our greatest challenge is not that we don’t have the right data, but we don’t know what to do with it. Wolfram|Alpha is an innovative service that tries to take some of the complexity… read more

The Properties of Identity

This is an illustration series by Alex Varanesse, he believes that if identity can be reduced solely to a finite set of properties—and I’ve always believed that it can—then this series serves as a woefully incomplete but sternly determined starting point.

A collection of [seemingly] random visual ideas produced over a… read more

Tackling Freelance Projects Like a Software Developer

Have you heard about the trend of standing room only meetings? Instead of having a team sit around a conference table, they’re made to stand up for short meetings instead.

The trend is becoming prevalent in tech companies, and is meant to eliminate long, boring meetings where no one pays… read more

Quick Tip: How to Illustrate a Simple Piece of Paper

In the following steps you will learn how to create a simple piece of paper. This tutorial will introduce you to the Appearance panel. First, you will need two basic tools and some Pathfinder options to create the starting shape. Next, using some fills and strokes, several effects, a… read more

How to Shoot Through a Wire Fence

Stuck behind a wire fence when trying to shoot an interesting subject can be a pain. It’s a challenge most often faced at the zoo but you also come across it when shooting at some sporting events (car racing for example) or in other random circumstances (for example I recently… read more

Smashing Special: WordPress Theme Trends For 2012

This special is the first in our series of Smashing Specials — extended articles and studies dedicated to a specific topic. The special features current WordPress theme trends for 2012, covering past trends, new developments in theme design and trends in the theme development.

2011 was a great year for WordPress,… read more

A 10-Step Process to a Successful Freelance Career

As many freelancers eventually realize, going into business for yourself means you actually take on two separate (very different) full time businesses. How’s that for a surprise when you originally thought that you could blissfully code away and somehow the money would start rolling in?

This is actually what happens… read more

Love in the Background: Valentine’s Day Wallpapers

With the season of love and romance nearly upon us, we thought that we should roll out the desktop decorations for our readers to get them in the ‘mood’, so to speak, for Valentine’s Day. So we have collected a lovely collection of wallpapers designed in the theme of the… read more

40 Fresh Highly Creative Illustrator Tutorials

In this post, we’ll be sharing with you a collection of useful tutorials that will help you to to use Adobe Illustrator in a variety of new ways. Whether you are a pro or a budding novice, you are bound to find something that will help you.

Below we… read more

Facebook Talks About Social Games and Mobile Apps for 2012

Facebook revealed its roadmap for social games and mobile apps for the rest of the year at the Inside Social Apps 2012 conference on Wednesday in San Francisco — and it’s good news for app developers.

Want to create an app for Facebook’s Open Graph? The mobile space… read more

Creating Minimalist Designs Makes You a Better Designer

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The trend of using minimalist designs has been with us for a while now. It seems like every day major design blogs publish a new gallery of great designs. But do minimalist designs actually mean anything to a designer? Can you become a better web designer… read more

What Digital Non-Profits Can Learn From Companies Like Google

Daniel Atwood works with organizations in the social sector to craft meaningful experiences for customers and constituents, and to find innovative product, campaign and messaging ideas in unexpected places.

We live in a world where new digital products are solving problems daily — from managing our finances to remembering the groceries…. read more

Comment and Highlight on Websites with commentto

The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

Name: commentto

Quick Pitch: Comment anywhere.

Genius Idea: Commentto is a browser add-on service that allows users… read more

New Course: Creating Vector Art

In this Tuts+ Premium course, illustrator Von Glitschka teaches you a professional workflow for Creating Vector Art. Over 12 lessons and 2.5 hours of total video, you’ll get tips and techniques for sketching, using helpful plugins, Von’s “Clockwork Method”, working with shapes, using the pathfinder, layering heirarchy, coloring and detailing…. read more

Worldwide Photography #57: Honolulu

Worldwide Photography is a series of posts where every week we’re going to show a city or location around the globe bringing the coolest photography samples of it. The photographs authors are all credited right above their pictures. Today feature: Honolullu, Hawaii.

For the next week we’re going to feature Bucharest,… read more

DKNY Takes Top Honors at Fashion 2.0 Awards

After nabbing four of the eight awards handed out at last year’s Fashion 2.0 Awards, apparel brand DKNY was once again recognized for its use of digital media, taking home awards for Best Twitter and Best Blog by a Fashion Brand.

The honors are well deserved. DKNY’s Twitter account and Tumblr… read more

Connected Cars: How to Accelerate Mainstream Adoption

Steve Tengler is a user experience (UX) director at Altia, Inc. He spent over 20 years in automotive design at OnStar, Nissan and Ford.

Every so often, the media tells us about an automotive manufacturer on the cusp of delivering wireless, cooperative systems. The reader immediately thinks of Knight Rider, and… read more

Study More Efficiently with Mental Case

Flashcards have long been a great way to study – whether you’re preparing for an exam, learning a new language, or want to memorize the flags of the world. Mental Case is an application for Mac, iPad, and iPhone which takes the concept of flashcards and makes them far more… read more

ESPN’s ‘Complain About Women’ Option Exposed by Twitter User

Until Tuesday, ESPN had a special section on its website for viewers to complain specifically about announcers who happen to be female.

“Commentator — dislike female commentators,” read one option in a drop-down menu that enables viewers to provide feedback about coverage topics including blacked-out games, camera angels and audio/video… read more

Notifications and the Web

I’m guessing most of us use some sort of notifications system within our day-to-day workflow. On our smartphones and tablets, we get sounds, alerts and other visualisations to bring new or modified information to our tablet and even on the traditional computer, most of us here a unique chime everytime… read more

Valley Still Beats Alley in Meetup Tech Groups

Silicon Valley’s tech scene still beats out Silicon Alley’s, at least as far as Meetup numbers go.

Meetup CEO Scott Heiferman announced at the 21,000-member New York Tech Meetup on Wednesday that Bay area tech Meetup groups had more RSVPs in 2011 than those in any other city.

New York City… read more

On Facebook and Twitter, Few Want Political News [STUDY]

Only six percent of Americans are getting their political news from Facebook while a meager two percent do the same on Twitter, according to a study conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.

The study, which analyzed how Americans are watching the 2012 presidential race, also… read more

BBC, Sky News and CNN Grapple With Twitter Rules

The BBC, Sky News and CNN are trying to figure out how to make Twitter play nicely with traditional newsrooms. Sky News and the BBC released new social media guidelines this week, while CNN has suspended an analyst for controversial tweets.

The BBC’s new rules require journalists to file a story… read more

Game Developer Wooga Draws In 40 Million Users

LIVE from the third annual Inside Social Apps 2012 conference.

Mobile game developer Wooga recently ranked as the third most popular game developer in terms of monthly active users (MAU) on Facebook with more than 40 million players each month. The company has so far released six games: Brain Buddies,… read more

New Facebook Filings Reveal Details of its Relationship With Zynga

Facebook just amended its S-1 filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the documents offer deeper insight into Facebook’s relationship with Zynga.

Facebook amended or added 26 new documents to its SEC filing and these updated documents provide more color on Facebook’s stock allotment and its relationships with other… read more

Pinterest Partner: Yes, They’re Making Money from Pins

News that popular social bookmarking site Pinterest might be generating revenue by adjusting and tracking the links attached to user-generated pins made the rounds online on Wednesday — but according to the site’s affiliate tracking partner, the concept is hardly a new one.

A report by social media blog LLSocial… read more

The Sky in Landscape Photography: Making It Work

While wondering through the Tate Gallery in London many years ago lavishing myself on a feast of paintings by William Turner I came across a small note book of his, secured within a glass cabinet in a less than conspicuous corner of the foyer. It was not dissimilar to a… read more

Illustrator and Animator Hayley Wilcock

Illustrator and Animator Hayley Wilcock

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Online Dating? You Might as Well Look for Love in a Bar [STUDY]

Online dating sites frequently trumpet their ability to corral the most compatible fish in your sea through sophisticated algorithms. But a psychological study released this week says that you may be better off doing it the old-fashioned way and just meeting a stranger at a bar.

A team commissioned by… read more

Groupon Posts Loss, Stock Falls 12%

In its first quarter as a public company, Groupon on Wednesday posted a loss of $.08 per share, which sent the company’s stock sliding in after-hours trading.

The consensus among analysts polled by Thomson Reuters was that Groupon was going to post a profit of 3 cents a share on… read more

Path Apologizes, Deletes All Address Book Data

Dave Morin, the CEO of beleaguered social network Path, posted an apology today addressing the recent controversy over how the app accesses information on a user’s phone. Saying the the company made a mistake, Morin promises Path has purged all address-book data from its servers.

In the blog post, titled simply… read more

Five Slick Menu Bar Apps For Controlling iTunes

So you want to control iTunes from your menu bar? It’s a simple enough task, but which app is right for you? Are there any free options? Can you also control other apps like Spotify and Rdio?

There are a million of these apps on the market but we’ll save the… read more

Windows 8 Consumer Preview Event Set for Feb. 29

Microsoft chose a special day — Leap Day — for its special event: the official unveiling of the Windows 8 Consumer Preview. The Redmond software giant began seeding invites for its exclusive event in Barcelona, Spain, where the Mobile World Congress trade show is also being held.

There were virtually no… read more

New Google Project Asks Internet Users to Forgo Privacy While Surfing the Web

A new project from Google is trying to learn “how everyday people use the Internet” — by looking over their shoulders while surfing the web.

The project, called Screenwise, is accepting volunteers to install a browser extension that will share browsing information with Google. “What we learn from you, and… read more

Mashable Connect 2012: Get Tickets to Mashable’s Biggest Conference of the Year

Mashable is excited to announce that Mashable Connect 2012 will take place May 3-5 in Orlando, FL. Registration is now open!

Mashable Connect is Mashable’s annual destination conference that brings our community together for three days away to connect (offline!) in an intimate setting at the Contemporary Resort at Walt Disney… read more

GigaOm Acquires PaidContent to Create ‘Powerhouse’

Tech blog GigaOm announced Wednesday it has acquired paidContent‘s parent company ContentNext.

GigaOm founder Om Malik cited location and staff as reasons for the acquisition.

ContentNext — which owns MocoNews, paidContent:UK and ContentSutra, in addition to paidContent — has offices in New York and Europe.

Staci Kramer will remain the editor… read more

Hands On With Google Chrome for Android

Chrome for Android

YouTube and Google Maps are both integrated into the new Chrome for Android.

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Ricoh GR Digital IV

Compact Digital Camera

The biggest advances in the latest incarnation of Ricoh’s GR series, the 10-megapixel Digital IV, are in speed and usability. With regard to speed, the maximum ISO is now 3,200, and the auto modes include an Auto-Hi option that maintains a selected shutter speed and adjusts the… read more

10 Classy Speakers to Match Your White iPhone

1. Philips Fidelio

The Fidelio is designed to look good even when there’s nothing docked. When there is, you… read more

New Interview with Archan Nair

Archan Nair is a really kind person and one of the top notch digital artists nowadays. This is actually our second interview with him, as we always like to know more and more about him and all his knowledge thru this years working on the creative field. Hope this conversation… read more

A Craft Of Consequences: Reader, Writer And Emotional Design

Before the very first page of a book has been read, you’ve already analyzed it in countless ways without even noticing. The paper stock, the thickness of the binding, the aroma, the color of the type and even the texture of the cover; the very character of the book is… read more

How To Deal With Criticism

Working in the creative field means you are an open target for criticism. Someone doesn’t like your photography work, they think you’re a bad writer, or your prices are unfair. And as freelancers, it can be hard not to take criticism—no matter how well meaning—personally.

I read this blog post… read more

The End of “Don’t be Evil”

It sounds simple: don’t be evil. How hard can it be, really? Don’t kill kittens. Don’t perform illegal acts involving chainsaws, guns, or exotic fruits. Easy.

For such a simple motto – slogan, really – Google seems to have been having difficulties with this lately. Has the omnipresent company grown from… read more

5 Ways to Spread the Freelance Love

Valentine’s Day is probably not a holiday that brings your fellow freelancers to mind.

You may have made a point to recognize your clients during the December holiday season, so why not make February the time to applaud your fellow independents?

Spreading good karma always pays off in some manner,… read more

WordPress Plugins to Help Make Your Site Responsive

With the galloping development of modern technologies the screen size margin of your readership can be anything in-between a 30″ desktop monitor and the iPhone’s 3.5″ screen. Responsive design techniques kills two birds with a single stone by helping improve user experience by displaying a screen sized optimized… read more

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Weekly Poll: Do You Use Online Banking?

Do you use online banking?

One of my earliest memories of the internet is going to the bank with my parents in, oh, the mid ‘90s, when our bank was handing out packets with a floppy to help you get started using internet banking. The floppy included a browser (Netscape,… read more

A Look at Inspiring Website Designs of Musicians

As with designer’s, musician’s websites are often some of the most creative, and for good reason. The website designs of musicians should ideally epitomize their sound in a visual medium. It should capture their brand in an online presence.

This is a subtle art, which not all musician’s websites master. However,… read more

22 new high-quality free fonts for your creative projects, an epic collection

Accent

Magical Unicorn

Vhia

Telefono

Code Pro

Morning Glory

Lavanderia

Homestad

Adamas

Ostrich Sans

NeoDeco

Urbe

Bispo

RBNo2

Odyssey

Weston

GRN Burgy

Mosaic

Beaver

Perforama

Xomed

Origram

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The Rise and Fall of Famous Brands – Why Do They Fail?

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xScope 3: Big Improvements to the Designer’s Best Friend

Back in 2009, we reviewed xScope, the then-new comprehensive toolkit for designers. xScope offers precision features for measuring, previewing, and organizing everything on your computer’s screen, from element dimensions to color codes in any format.

The Iconfactory recently released xScope 3: a  major update to their popular software, promising over 70… read more

British Cabinet Warns of Possible Internet Outages During Summer Olympics

The British Cabinet Office has warned businesses in England that the country may not be able to fully accommodate a surge in Internet use during the 2012 Olympics in London this summer.

Businesses have been told that Internet providers may be forced to ration access to the web during certain… read more

XBox-Controlled Military Robot Can Lift 150 Pounds [VIDEO]

Meet the Roomba’s hardcore sibling.

The disc-shaped vacuum’s parent company, iRobot, has created a 450-pound military machine called the Warrior.

The Warrior gets around on tank-like treads and features an approximately six-and-a-half-foot-long mechanical arm that is equally adept at opening car… read more

Super Bowl XLVI Serves a Record 2.1 Million Live Streams

More than 2.1 million viewers watched Super Bowl XLVI via live streams. While this paled in comparison to the game’s record-breaking 111.3 million broadcast viewers, it still set a viewership record for online sporting streams.

NBC tells the Associated Press that the Super Bowl was the “most-watched single-game sports event online.”

NBC… read more

30 Cool And Free Vector Files

30 Cool And Free Vector Files

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‘App Economy’ Has Created Nearly Half a Million Jobs Since 2007 [STUDY]

That app you use to play Words with Friends on your phone or book a reservation using Open Table might be giving the American economy a nice boost, at least according to a new survey by TechNet.

The new “app economy” has created about 466,000 jobs in the United States… read more

GoPollGo: The Quickest Way to Find Public Opinion

Everyone has an opinion about almost everything. Never mind if one is an expert in a topic or not, there will be something to say about it anyway. Now that social networking is a rage, you cannot away escape from opinions as they are always being shouted and posted around… read more

Millions of Facebook’s ‘Active Users’ May Never Visit the Site [VIDEO]

On the first page of its IPO prospectus, Facebook claims 845 million monthly active users and 483 million daily active users.

But those numbers should come with a disclaimer. The New York Times points out that Facebook defines an “active”… read more

Top 5 Social Sites for Film Fans

If you ranted and raved about the recent Oscar nominations on Facebook, but none of your friends seemed to care, it’s time to either A) find new friends or B) find a social network that caters to your cinematic needs.

Here are five great sites that help you connect with film… read more

28 Amazing Outdoor Photographs from This Winter

It is very tempting in winter to put away the camera and hunker down inside. As these photographs show, that would be a mistake for the outdoor photography enthusiast. With a little skill, it is possible to capture some amazing photographs, just as these talented people did. Don’t forget to… read more

Lady Gaga’s New Social Network Resembles Pinterest, Reddit [PICS]

LittleMonsters.com

Pop megastar Lady Gaga has pierced her powerful, digitally-willing paws deeper into the online world with the closed… read more

An Idea for Fixing Education: Skip College, Work at a Startup

Skip college, work at a startup. That’s the idea behind a new two-year program called Enstittue that started accepting applications Tuesday.

As newspaper headlines about recent college graduates read along the lines of “educated, unemployed and frustrated” and the average college student takes on a record-breaking amount of crippling debt (on… read more

Yahoo Chairman Steps Down

Yahoo‘s chairman of the board, Roy Bostock, is leaving the company. Bostock has been chairman since 2008.

Bostock revealed the news to shareholders in a long letter describing the company’s recent restrategizing. A far cry from a resignation letter, Bostock is upbeat about Yahoo’s future and its recent moves, saying that,… read more